Resume – Camhi

Eli Camhi, LMSW
155 E. 77th St. 5DE
New York, New York 10075
Phone (917) 434-7372
ecamhi@generes.com

Linkedin Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/elicamhi

OBJECTIVE: Delivers significant business development and optimal program performance while maintaining fiscal integrity and meeting community needs.

QUALIFICATIONS
Extensive senior management experience with healthcare delivery systems, Medicaid, federal and state grants, managed care, case management, database design and Internet collaborative technologies.

EDUCATION
1994 EXECUTIVE SHORT COURSE IN SYSTEM DYNAMICS MIT Sloan School of Management
1988 M.S.S.W. Social Work University of Texas at Austin
1975 BA Honors Program. University of Texas at Austin

CREDENTIALS
Licensed Master Social Worker, New York State (039674)

EMPLOYMENT

2001-Present New York Presbyterian System SelectHealth, Executive Director
Established and operates an HIV Special Needs Plan licensed in 4 boroughs – approximately 6,200 members, a provider network of 18 hospitals, community health centers, private specialty providers and community-based organizations.

2011-2012 Projected
2x Revenues
2010-2011
4x Revenues
2805-6203 members

Responsible for all aspects of Plan operations: governance, provider relations, member services, utilization management, IT, government relations, grants management, quality, marketing, finance, and strategic planning. Supports and reports to the Plan’s 20 Member Board. Cumulative Federal and State grant funding exceeding $4M. Liaison to NYSDOH and NYCDOHMH.

2011 NYSDOH Phase 1 Health Home
2007-2011HRSA Special Projects of National Significance Grant
2008-2009 Institute for Healthcare Improvement Triple Aim Project
2004-2008 Served as Co-Chair of the Priority Setting & Resource Allocation Committee of NYC HIV Planning Council.
2005-2006 Served on HRSA’s Severity of Needs Index Committee.

1993-2001 Montefiore Medical Center, Administrative Director
Integrated multidisciplinary team of over 50 healthcare professionals providing HIV/AIDS care. Increased program revenues, patient volume and improved quality of care. Cumulative federal and state grants exceeded $3M. Coordinated Tuberculosis Directly Observed Therapy, HIV Treatment Adherence, co-located specialty pharmacy, mental health, gynecology and dental services within primary care. Hospital based retail specialty pharmacy. Completed Certificate of Need applications. Networked database systems to support all care activities.

1999-2000 Montefiore Medical Center, Director Bentley Services
Temporarily employed by Bentley Healthcare at Montefiore while Dr. Bernard Salick and Montefiore negotiated to build expanded AIDS and Cancer Centers.

1992-1993 Community Family Planning Council, Primary Care Coordinator
Implemented the integration of HIV Primary Care within two community health centers in Brooklyn New York. Facilitated the agency’s launch of a COBRA Case Management Program. Networked database systems support all care activities.

1989-1991 Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Coordinating Manager
Administrator of the AIDS Consultation Service providing inpatient and outpatient care to the HIV community. Completed $4M AIDS Center renovation sponsored by private donor. Launched ADAP, Aerosolized Pentamidine and expanded HIV Counseling and Testing within prenatal care settings. Networked database systems to support all care activities. Initially served as inpatient social worker on AIDS Team.

1987-Present Generative Resources, Principal
Provides management and technical assistance to the public health sector with special emphasis on disease management. Consultant to Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV AIDS Bureau conducting fiscal primary care assessments of grant funded programs throughout the United States. Also serves as fiscal consultant to HRSA Global HIV/AIDS Program. Recently completed an assessment of a PEPFAR Grantee in Tanzania, Africa.
Provides management, procurement and technical assistance to non-profits and small business.
1986-1987 Minority Business Development Center, Business Specialist
Assisted minority owned businesses in securing Small Business Administration loans and 8(a) certification to qualify for federal minority Set-Aside contracts. Promoted online prospecting for contracting opportunities through the Commerce Business Daily.

1974-1986 Primrose Fashions of Texas, Inc., Vice President
Women’s apparel contractor with sewing factories in Texas and Mexico. Managed production, 100 employees, import/export of materials, finances, database programming and quality control.

1979-1981 Camhi Enterprises, President
Established the first computer retail store in El Paso, Texas. Introduced microcomputer technology to local business.

MEMBERSHIPS & HONORS
National Association of Social Workers – American Public Health Association – Phi Kappa Phi – HRSA HIV AIDS Bureau HIV Quality Committee – NYSDOH AIDS HIV Quality Advisory Committee – New York State eHealth Collaborative – Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society – Fellow New York Academy of Medicine, Board Member NewYork-Presbyterian System SelectHealth, Board Member New York Clinical Information Exchange (NYCLIX) – National Quality Center Advisory Committee

2011
AIDS Service Center of New York – Positive Changemaker
Celebrating 20 Years of Positive Change

2010
Participant on the NYS Advisory Panel on the Prevention of Perinatal HIV Transmission

NewYork-Presbyterian System SelectHealth’ Special Project of National
Significance Grant
Featured in HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau 2010 Biennial Progress Report

2009
Fellow New York Academy of Medicine

2005-2006
Served on HRSA’s Severity of Needs Index Committee.

2004-2008
Appointed by Mayor Bloomberg to the New York City HIV Planning Council

November 30, 2005
State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H., Dr. P.H.,
Honored for extraordinary contributions in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

December 2006
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
2006 Quality of Care Award for Senior Leadership in Quality

PUBLICATIONS

Application of the RE-AIM Framework to Synthesize the Evaluation of an Electronic Continuity of Care Document for PLWH Bakken, S, Camhi, E, Hesse, R, Odlum, M, Schnall, R, Rodriguez, M, Valdez, E, Gordon, P 2011 MIE2011 Conference, Oslo Norway

Perceptions of Factors Influencing Use of an Electronic Continuity of Care Record for Case Management of Persons Living with HIV, Schnall R, Gordon P, Camhi E, Bakken S. AIDS Care Volume 23, Issue 3, March 2011 p. 357-365

Approaching the Triple Aim for NY’s HIV Population
Camhi, E, Menges, J, Laufer, F, Feldman, I. IHI Poster 12/10

HIV patients’ willingness to share personal health information electronically Paul A. Teixeira, Peter Gordon, Eli Camhi, Suzanne Bakken Patient Education and Counseling, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 17 August 2010

The Development and Implementation of a User-Friendly Priority Setting Tool for HIV Care and Treatment Services in New York City Santella, Laraque, Hilger, Camhi, Journal of Community Health July 2010

Feasibility of Using Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interview (ACASI) Screening in Routine HIV Care, Schackman, Dastur, Rubin, Berger, Camhi, Netherland, Ni, Finkelstein AIDS Care, Volume 21, Issue 8 August 2009, pages 992 – 999

Chapter 20. Social Work: New York State AIDS Centers And Special Needs Plans, Eli Camhi, MSSW, In “A History of AIDS Social Work in Hospitals: A Daring Response to an Epidemic” by Barbara I. Willinger (Editor), Alan Rice (Editor) August 2003 Haworth Press

Hospital Utilization by HIV-Infected Patients in the Bronx, NY 1996-98:
Implications for Medicaid Managed Care Gary E. Kalkut, Barry S. Zingman, Eli Camhi, Bentley Health Care and Montefiore Medical Center Infectious Diseases Society of America 37th Annual Meeting 1999

Practice for the Real World — Serving the HIV Infected And Affected Community Eli Camhi, CSW, Administrative Director, AIDS Center, Montefiore Medical Center and Mari Marconi, CSW, Social Work Manager, AIDS Center, Montefiore Medical Center (NYC Chapter NASW Newsletter – June/July 1997)

A Model for HIV-1 Related Care (HRC) in a Minority, Heterosexual, Intravenous -Drug-Using (IVDU) Population Harris, Carol A; Fenn, MA; Coburn, KD; Ceron, RD; Camhi, E; McCabe, KM; Bronx Municipal Hospital Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx New York Seventh International Conference on AIDS, Florence Italy, June 1991

Bronx Municipal Hospital in “The Care of HIV Infected Patients in Public Hospitals: Models of Care” Camhi, E. The National Association of Public Hospital’s AIDS Committee June 1991

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